Isabel Wachenheimer wordt aangekleed door haar moeder Else Wachenheimer-Moos en een onbekende vrouw en wandelt in de tuin, mei 1931, München 1931 - 1935

This page from the Wachenheimer family album captures Isabel being dressed by her mother, Else, and another woman in May 1931 in Munich. The collection of images, arranged on a dark page, have a certain rhythm to them, a pattern. Each photograph is a small, contained world, but together they tell a larger story of childhood, care, and a particular time. There's a tension between the candid and the composed. Some shots seem like stolen moments, while others feel posed, self-conscious. My eyes are drawn to the image of Isabel standing alone in the garden, her small figure set against the backdrop of trees. It’s a study in contrasts – the vulnerability of the child against the immensity of the natural world, a stark reminder of the passage of time and the fleeting nature of these moments. It reminds me a bit of the work of Gerhard Richter, how he used family photos as source material. Like Richter, the Wachenheimers transform the personal into something universal. It's a reminder that art often exists in the everyday, in the careful arrangement of images and memories.